Best PlacesAlexandria Wrest, Alexandria, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria ranks 1,983rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. Childcare costs pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria's strengths and weaknesses
Where Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
Where Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,091 a month, better than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 19% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria
A household needs to earn about $132,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $96,343, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria's effective rate of 0.88%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria
Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria.
Who works in Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria, and how
Work in Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria
Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria has more parkland per resident than 66% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 17 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria, month by month
Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 38° | 30° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 5 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.0 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria
Schools across Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria average a B−, better than 60% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Patrick Henry K-8 SchoolB · 46% proficient
- John Adams ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- James K. Polk ElementaryC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Glasgow MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Francis C. Hammond MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Justice HighA− · 61% proficient
- Alexandria City High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria suits
Common questions about living in Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria
Is Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria ranks 1,983rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, tree cover, and big-city access, and lowest on childcare costs and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $498,171. The overall cost of living runs about 28% above the national average. Set against a $96,343 median income, cost of living beats 46% of neighborhoods.
Is Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria safe?
Yes, Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria is safer than 78% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $327 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 49 with lows near 30. That works out to about 64 pleasant days a year, more than 14% of neighborhoods.
Is Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria good for families?
Schools beat 60% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 78%, and childcare runs $2,091 a month.
Compare Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Alexandria Wrest, Alexandria detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
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